Full Time | Ongoing | Ballarat Location

Salary: $105,736 to $110,518 plus superannuation
Salary packaging options up to $15,900 plus meals and entertainment

Support Children, Families and Positive Outcomes

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and families? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where child safety, wellbeing and early intervention are at the heart of everything you do?

Cafs is seeking a skilled and compassionate Child Wellbeing Practitioner to join The Orange Door Central Highlands team. In this rewarding role, you will support children, young people and families through holistic assessment, early intervention, brief counselling and service coordination, ensuring children's voices, safety and wellbeing remain central to all decision-making.

Our Values

At Cafs, our work is guided by the values of:

Respect | Integrity | Collaboration | Kindness | Innovation

About the Program

The Child Wellbeing Team at The Orange Door provides a specialist focus on the safety, development and wellbeing of children, young people and families across the Central Highlands region. Working within an interdisciplinary service model, the team partners with family violence specialists and other practitioners to complete intake and assessment for families experiencing family violence or child wellbeing concerns.

About You

We are looking for a skilled, values-driven practitioner with experience working with children, young people and families. You will bring a child-centred approach, sound assessment skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A Bachelor of Social Work or related discipline.
• Experience working with families and children, ideally within the family violence or community services sector.
• Strong assessment, engagement and case management capabilities.
• Knowledge of child wellbeing, family functioning and risk assessment frameworks, including MARAM.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A commitment to child safety, inclusion and culturally responsive practice.

Why Join Cafs?

• Salary packaging benefits.
• Above-award benefits, including 3 days paid Christmas Leave annually.
• Professional development and ongoing learning opportunities.
• Reflective supervision and practice support.
• Flexible and supportive team culture.
• Opportunity to work within The Orange Door integrated service model.
• Meaningful work that contributes to safer, stronger and more resilient families and communities.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're ready to help children and families achieve safer and stronger outcomes through early intervention and integrated support, we'd love to hear from you.

APPLY NOW!

To find out more about this opportunity please refer to the attached Position Description when applying or contact Akansha Dewan, Team Leader The Orange Door, or Jen Allen, Talent Acquisition Partner, on 03 5337 3333 for a confidential discussion.

Applications close 29 September 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible, as applications may be reviewed as they are received and applicants may be contacted for interview prior to the closing date.

All applicants must be eligible to work in Australia, and employment will be subject to satisfactory Police and Victorian Working with Children Checks.

Our Commitment

Inclusion and diversity are at the heart of everything we do at Cafs. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, members of the LGBTIQA+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Join Cafs and help create positive futures for children, young people and families.